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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2011 Jun 15;474(7351):327–336. doi: 10.1038/nature10213

Table 1.

Sensor Agonist Immune Response Affected

Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) Inhibition of Treg differentiation and maintenance88
Leptin Promotion of Th1 differentiation 16
Leptin Inhibition of Treg proliferation and function 89,17

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) (6,12-diformylindolo[3,2-b]carbazole) Th17 differentiation and IL-22 production by Th17 cells 40, 41
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin Promotes Treg induction 40
Kynurenine Promotes Treg induction 38

Double stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) Free fatty acids; palmitic acid Promotes Insulin Resistance through inhibitory phosphorylation of IRS-1 33

RAR-RXR Retinoic Acid Promotes intestinal T cell homing 90
Promotes Treg generation 91
Promotes T cell proliferation 92
Promotes Th2
differentiation over Th1 93

VDR-RXR 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 Inhibits lymphocyte
proliferation 94
Inhibits IFN-γ, IL-17 and IL-2 expression 95
Promotes emergence of Treg 96
Drives anti-microbial peptide expression 97
Promotes T cell expression of CCR10 98

GPR120 Omega-3-fatty acids Inhibits inflammatory cytokine production and chemotaxis in macrophages 99

GPR43 Acetate Promotes resolution of intestinal inflammation 27

P2X Receptors ATP Th17 generation 100